{"ok":true,"article":{"slug":"gluons-may-play-a-central-role-in-baryon-number-conservation-and-matter-s-stabil-ec6137f8","title":"Gluons may play a central role in baryon number conservation—and matter's stability","url":"https://phys.org/news/2026-08-gluons-play-central-role-baryon.html","canonical":"https://www.aimode.news/article/gluons-may-play-a-central-role-in-baryon-number-conservation-and-matter-s-stabil-ec6137f8","sourceName":"Phys.org","summary":"New results from the STAR detector at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) suggest that gluons, the glue-like particles that hold quarks together inside protons, play a central role in the conservation of baryon number—an essential part of a particle's quantum identity.","category":"Science","image":null,"lang":"en","publishedAt":"2026-08-17T18:40:07+00:00","createdAt":"2026-08-17T19:00:13.966983+00:00"}}